Adolf Hitler · Gene Wilder Were Adolf Hitler and Gene Wilder alive at the same time? Yes. Adolf Hitler and Gene Wilder were alive at the same time for 11 years, from 1933 to 1945. Adolf Hitler was 44 when Gene Wilder was born.Gene Wilder was 11 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56. Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56Gene WilderAmerican actorBorn 11 June 1933 · died 29 August 2016, aged 83 Mahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganNelson MandelaGene WilderDonald TrumpMichael JacksonBarack Obama Adolf Hitler and Gene Wilder in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.